Here we are again with the monthly shout-out to all tree followers. If you are new to tree following, read all about it here.
The June tree-following link box is now closed, but at the bottom of this post you will find links to all the wonderful contributions we received this month…
Here in Wales we have had quite a bit of sunshine but there have been strong north-easterly breezes for weeks now, which add a chill to the air early and late in the day. We usually have damp, warm south-westerly winds, coming in off the Atlantic. I wonder what the weather has been like in your part of the world?
I have been taking note of when each native tree species comes into leaf and now I think the picture is complete. First was the horse chestnut, which is so far ahead that the conkers are now forming…
Following hot on the heels of the chestnut came the sycamore, oak and beech, with the smaller willow, hazel and poplar trees filling up next. Very much last of the bunch have been the ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and alder (Alnus glutinosa), but they have finally come into leaf during May.
Then there’s the alder, which still has its dry cones from last year alongside the new leaf growth, as you can see in the top picture on this post…
For the record, the May (hawthorn – Crataegus monogyna) is out (in bloom), so I have cast a clout (my coat), despite the nip that remains in the air. The month of May is also out (over), so surely it must be time to think of summer clothes, whatever your interpretation of the old saying.
Alison – Blackberry Garden – Quince
Linda’s Wildlife Garden – Butterfly Tree
Caroline – Wild and Wonderful – Cherry and Silver Birch
Tina – My Gardener Says – American Sycamore
Frances – Island Threads – Downy Birch
Flighty’s Plot – Liz’s Serviceberry and Flighty’s young Oak
Hollis – In the Company of Plants and Rocks – experiments with the Pixelmator
Annie – Earthstar – Dawn Redwood
Thank you to everyone – see you all again on July 7!
Thanks for hosting the meme again. I do love taking part in this. Your tree is looking wonderful – it is a great specimen.
Glad your quincelets are hanging on in there đŸ™‚
thank you for sharing your tree blessing to every one
I’m pleased your butterfly tree is still growing đŸ™‚
Thank you, Pat, once again for your hosting. What an interesting, and presumably useful, tree-in-leaf project you set yourself. Perhaps you should throw a link on the Springwatch Facebook page … (just a thought). I remember thinking what an age my silver birch took this year … but we seem to be catching up with the season at last. I think you have had much better weather (despite the winds) than us over the last 2 weeks … but (bliss!) warm and sunny today …
I’m not sure if I am “entitled” to connect to Springwatch! “I am not worthy”…
I’ve been to visit your posting. As well as the trees, I do love that colourful wasp.
Best wishes đŸ™‚
Hello Pat as Liz is busy with Lexington in Bloom she probably won’t be doing a post about her serviceberry this month but as she has sent me a few photos I’ll be doing a combined post so it will get a mention. xx
Done and link added. xx
Excellent đŸ™‚
OK đŸ™‚
Lexington in Bloom sounds so exciting!
Thanks for the rundown on the spring progress of your native trees. I especially liked the last paragraph–local vernacular is always fun and usually, sweetly descriptive. Thanks for hosting!
And thank you for following your wonderful sycamore. It really is quite similar to our “London” planes, which give our cities plenty of oxygen, we hope.
Glad you understood the saying (if you did!)
All the best đŸ™‚
hello Pat, interesting seeing which trees leaf out first, I find my alders are one of the last trees here though there is also variability within the same species I find, my post is linked, thanks as always for hosting this lovely meme, Frances
Love your post – glad you are having some decent weather.
All the best đŸ™‚
Hi Pat. Looks like I’m not much of a tree-follower this year, as explained in the post. I need to find a tree visible from my desk đŸ˜¦ But I enjoy reading all the news even so.
And I loved your Pixelmator post anyway đŸ™‚
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Pat, After some quite summery weather here, we’ve been having a cool and windy spell — it feels like autumn. It looks like summer, though, with trees fully leafed out and everything lush and green.
Thanks again for hosting this monthly event.
And thank you for telling us some more about your cherry tree.
Best wishes đŸ™‚
I’ve been a bit tardy due to the busy-ness of Wales Biodiversity Week, but an update on the lovely Dawn Redwood has now been posted. đŸ™‚
Thank you for making space in your schedule to update us đŸ™‚